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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1901
Page
2
The Ledger issue entry lists Karlow as editor and manager with Carter and possibly others, dated Tuesday February 20 1901. A brief production note appears indicating the newspaper’s staff and date of publication.
A report from Van Wyck notes complaints of bad roads and mild illnesses while travelers describe good Carolina road conditions. Local notices mention Woodmen convention in Charleston with delegate Myo A Hyatt and various residents visiting or passing through. Bates Improved cotton seed is offered for sale at $1.000 per bushel in Lancaster South Carolina.
A column comments on South Carolina politics, veto prospects, free passes for lawmakers, Prohibition saloons, and a local newspaper's ten year celebration. It references Governor McSweeney, Senator Beveridge, Jobe L, and the Columbia State, amid notes on McLaurin and Hanna, with local crime coverage including the shooting of Julia McCord and the fatal shooting of McCord by Capt. Bradford in Fort Mill and Rock Hill.
A wealthy donor, cured of deafness by Dr Nicholson's artificial ear drums, gave $10,000 to The Nicholson Institute at 870 Eighth Avenue New York. The gift funds free ear drums for fifty deaf people unable to obtain them.
Telegram from Cumberland Van Cour Island reports one mine at Union colliery afire and sixty miners entombed. Details are unobtainable.
A woman named Jo an Jordan who lived three miles north of Dresver Indiana died after paralysis. She weighed 675 pounds and was mother to thirteen children. The report notes the death occurred in February and provides sparse details from the local area.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a sugar coated health booster priced at 25 cents per box sold by Crawford Brow. A South Carolina politician touring Texas warns of an expected four million bale cotton crop and urges growers to base plans on six cents a pound to avoid regret.
The Supreme Court overruled Judge Benet in the Neal case, ordering a new trial for Colonel Neal on the charge of failing to turn over state funds to his successor within thirty days. He was previously acquitted of embezzlement. the new charge carries about two years in the penitentiary. The Attorney General plans to prepare the case for the spring term.
The general assembly adjourned Saturday, members folded their tents and departed to their homes. The second floor of the state house resembled a banquet hall as janitors began clearing away the litter of the legislative session, marking an end to a year of debate and turmoil.
In High Point on February 19 a resident claims to have created a successful perpetual motion machine. He plans a public demonstration once construction finishes, asserting the device will illuminate his home and a larger unit could power a 108 car train. Also notes South Carolina cotton acreage to rise, and a Darlington fire that killed a hotel and ten stores, causing over 25 thousand dollars in insured losses.
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